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Proton therapy
Attractive for…
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Dose escalation
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Potentially reducing adverse
effect of treatment
•
Focal treatment and large
volumes (i.e. CSI)
Caution for….
-Deviations (organ motion, set-up errors, density changes..)
-Metal implants
-High weighted spots
-Beam arrangements
Barney CL et al., Neuro-oncology, 2014